satchellwk 0 Posted December 25, 2014 Report Share Posted December 25, 2014 I keep Porcellionides pruinosus and Porcellio spp. Can they hybridize? Nope, but if you keep them together chances are one will outcompete the other and you'll end up with just one species. My money would be on the pruinosus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Invertebrated 0 Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Thank you, for the information. Do you feel it is safe to use P.pruinosus as a clean up species in centipede and scorpion tanks? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
satchellwk 0 Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Thank you, for the information. Do you feel it is safe to use P.pruinosus as a clean up species in centipede and scorpion tanks? They should be fine with scorpions and centipedes. It may be a good idea to keep an eye on them while they molt though, and make sure the isopod number never get too high. I will say, however, that they are not a good species to keep with roaches or anything else with similar food sources, because I have had pruinosus overpopulate and outcompete roach species if given enough food. They should be fine with large predators because there would be a much more limited food source. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Allpet Roaches 120 Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 This isopod is almost twice the size of a football. I took this picture at the local aquarium last week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hisserdude 878 Posted March 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Wow, that's huge! I wish we had terrestrial versions of these things! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RomanBuck 5 Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Will Periplaneta brunnea eat A. vulgare if I add them to the brunnea enclosure? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hisserdude 878 Posted March 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 I do not believe any roach will eat an isopod, unless it was molting and the roaches were starving. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RomanBuck 5 Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Well the genus Periplaneta and Blattella are known to eat absolutely anything so I just want to make sure lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cariblatta lutea 259 Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 I do not believe any roach will eat an isopod, unless it was molting and the roaches were starving. Idk why but my Ischnoptera bilunata (both adults and large nymphs) seem to enjoy eating A. vulgare even though I provide enough food. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hisserdude 878 Posted March 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Idk why but my Ischnoptera bilunata (both adults and large nymphs) seem to enjoy eating A. vulgare even though I provide enough food. Really!?!?!? I've never heard of roaches eating isopods, shows how much I know! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phasmes222 0 Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Hello everyone, i have only Trichorhina tomentosa, but i really like isopods. And i wanna buy or exchange other species, especially non-european species. But that's difficult to found. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blacksheep998 0 Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Hello everyone, i have only Trichorhina tomentosa, but i really like isopods. And i wanna buy or exchange other species, especially non-european species. But that's difficult to found. Where are you located? I've got plenty of Porcellio scaber 'Orange' and 'Dalmatian' but can only ship to the US. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phasmes222 0 Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 In france. ^^ Does they are fast to grow? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blacksheep998 0 Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Yes, P. scaber grows and breeds quickly. About a year ago I separated a single female carrying eggs into a container by herself. Today she's got well over 300 descendants. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phasmes222 0 Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Wow that's fast. I think i'll found some on this forum. That seem's cool even if for the moment i only have the most common species. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pannaking22 109 Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Finally on the board lol. I have T. tomentosa and O. asellus, but hoping to pick up a couple more neat species when things warm up some. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bamboo 8 Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Well .... I've officially joined the Isopods Mafia ....I keep the following: Giant Orange Costa Rican Dwarf Purples Dwarf Whites Multi strip dwarfs Temperate Springtails ( not sure what temperate means ) Giant Springtails ( these are really huge ) Sorry I don't know latin names. I've ordered two Isopod books on ebay which should give me a good knowledge. These isopods seem to be as addicting as roaches. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hisserdude 878 Posted February 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Cool! I'm gonna be getting the dwarf whites as well, can't wait till they come! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Roach collector 35 Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 I keep armadillidium maculatum and also a porcelio scaber 'hybrid' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mmfh 0 Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 I have a group of free roaming giant springtails. I originally put them in my A. avic cage. Then they all moved into my millipede cage. Then one day they were all gone and I eventually found them thriving under the water bowl in my turtle cage lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hisserdude 878 Posted April 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 Not sure if I ever posted pics here of these guys, but I'll post them anyway. These are my favorite isopods I currently own, a "Pied" morph of Cylisticus convexus that I isolated from individuals I caught here in Idaho. Here are some pictures of them mixed in with normal individuals: The isolating process is taking a while, they were mixed in with normal ones so the females are still producing brown offspring. One of the recent babies looks normal but has a white antenna, so it looks like they are finally starting to produce "Pied" individuals! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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